Pathfinder Jane Eyre and VictorianEngland PHSHigh SchoolLibrary January 2008
Scope:Guide to materials available in the PHS library, through subscription databases, and through previewed free websites.
Keywords:Use the topic you are researching as your keyword. To narrow your search to a specific aspect, use that term with your topic.For example:
VictorianEnglandAND divorce Mental illness AND 19th century
Print Resources:Use the Library Catalog to locate print resources in the PHS Library Library Catalog
Subscription Databases:See library staff for user names and passwords.
Modern World History Online:Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.
World Book Online: Encyclopedia, reference, and multimedia sources. Good starting point for a general overview.Includes links to reviewed web sites.
The following databases are published by Gale and have similar interfaces and use similar search strategies.You can search each database individually or search them simultaneously by using Gale’s. Click Subject Guide to begin your research.
Gale Virtual Reference Library:Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. This collection includes reference materials funding by the NYSL and those purchased by PHS.
Literature Resource Center: Offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Student Resource Center:Broad database offering resources in literature, cultures, science, history, and geography. Full-text articles from reference works, primary sources, and periodicals.
Free Websites:
Charlotte's Web: A Hypertext on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre:Charlotte's Web was constructed by students in English 434 (The Nineteenth-Century English Novel) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn during Winter Term 1997, 2001, 2003, and 2005. The Web consists of interlinked student research projects on a variety of topics, all of them connected to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
Victorian England: Pathfinder from the JamesM.BennettHighSchoolMediaCenter, Salisbury, MD.
Victorian England: An Introduction: Brief introduction to the period by Dr. Christine Roth, professor of English at The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
The Victorian Web: (George P. Landow, BrownUniversity). The material for Victorian Web comes from Brown University's Context 61 which is a resource for courses in Victorian literature, however, the site does not only cover literature. Information on Social and Political Contexts, Economics, Religion, Philosophy, Visual Arts, Science, Technology, History and Gender Matters can be found as well. Each of these areas provides links to documents on a variety of subtopics for each subject. The section covering gender matters is particularly extensive and divided even further. The amount of information here is staggering but the site is so well designed that it's easy to find what you're looking for. Prepared by Paul Birkby
Jane Eyre and Victorian England
PHS High School Library
January 2008
Scope: Guide to materials available in the PHS library, through subscription databases, and through previewed free websites.
Keywords: Use the topic you are researching as your keyword. To narrow your search to a specific aspect, use that term with your topic. For example:
Victorian England AND divorce
Mental illness AND 19th century
Print Resources: Use the Library Catalog to locate print resources in the PHS Library
Library Catalog
Subscription Databases: See library staff for user names and passwords.
The following databases are published by Gale and have similar interfaces and use similar search strategies. You can search each database individually or search them simultaneously by using Gale’s . Click Subject Guide to begin your research.
Free Websites:
Prepared by Paul Birkby